Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As skies darkened Monday over North America during a rare solar eclipse, many people noticed bright dots — flickering spots that ...

Did you see those red blotchy areas around the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse? Those are called solar prominences. Though they look like they could be made of fire, they are actually ...

The dazzling red features, witnessed by millions during totality, were anticipated as a result of the Sun nearing its solar maximum phase. Reading time 2 minutes We were hoping for something like this ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When the moon fully covers the sun on April 8, viewers will have a rare view of the sun's corona, and everything that explodes out of it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

At more than one million degrees, the sun's atmosphere—the corona—is incredibly hot; but not everywhere. Time and again, huge ...